5. Galium Chonoense, Hook, fil.; perenne?, scabridum, caule valido ad angulos retrorsum scabrido subfastigiatim ramoso, foliis senis rigidiusculis patentibus lanceolatis subobtusis pagina superiore marginibus recurvis nervoque dorso scabridis, pedunculis folio brevioribus solitariis fasciculatisve 1-5-floris plerisque foliatis, pedicellis simplicibus v. bifidis, floribus minimis, ovariis glaberrimis.
Hab. Chonos Archipelago; C. Darwin, Esq.
Caulis spithamaeus, diametro pennæ; passerinæ, subuitens, foliosus, pluries ramosus; ramis erecto-patentibus. Folia ⅓ unc. longa, patentia, siccitate nigrescentia. Flores valde inconspicui. Fructus ?5.
6. Galium Antarcticum, Hook, fil.; glabriusculurn, caule decumbente tenui flaccido parce ramoso, foliis quaternis patenti-recurvis oblongis oblongo-lanceolatis lineari-lanceolatisve marginibus tenuissime scaberulis, floribus in axillis foliorum solitariis, pedunculis fructiferis validis folio brevioribus, fructious glaberrimis lævibus. G. trifidum? D'Urv. in Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris, vol. vi. p. 612. Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 135. G. debile, Banks et Sol. MSS. in Bibl. Banks. (non Hoffm.).
Hab. Tierra del Fuego; Good Success Bay, Banks and Solander; Staten Land, Dr. Eights; Hermite Island, J. D. H.; Falkland Islands, D'Urville, &c; Kerguelen's Land, White Bay. Dr. Robertson.
Caules 3-5 unc. longi, intertexti, subnitidi, ad angulos sub lente scaberuli. Folia flaccida, patentia, obtusa, 2 lin. ad ½ unc. longa, opaca, marginibus recurvis. Flores sessiles, albi, trimeri; staminibus 3. Pedunculi fructiferi arcuati; fructibus didymis glaberrimis.
A very distinct little species, somewhat resembling the G. saxatile, L., of Europe. It abounds in the Falkland Islands, especially near fresh-water lagoons.
2. NERTERA, Banks.
1. Nertera depressa, Banks. Fl. Antarct., pt. 1. p. 23.
Hab. Falkland Islands, Gandichaud, D'Urville, and all future collectors.
This curious little plant has not hitherto been described as a native of Fuegia, though abundant in the Falkland Islands and Tristan d'Acunha, also on the west coast of America, at Valdivia, and in other parts of Chili. A specimen, apparently of the same species, has been transmitted from the Andes of Columbia by Professor Jameson, but it bears neither flower nor fruit.
XXIV. VALERIANEÆ. DC.
1. VALERIANA, Neck.
2. Valeriana lapathifolia, Vahl; foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis oblongis acutis basi cordatis rotundatisve integris marginibus obscure sinuatis caulinis ovatis breve petiolatis supremis sæpe sessilibus nervis super pilosiusculis, petiolis basi ciliatis, panicula composita late ovata, bracteis linearibus obtusis basi ciliato-dentatis, staminibus 3. V. lapathifolia, Vahl, Enum. Plant. vol. ii. p. 11. DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 635.
Hab. Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson; Port Famine, Capt. King; Cape Tres Montes, C. Darwin, Esq.
Rhizoma elongatum, horizontale, crassitie digitis minoris, atrum, nodosum, ad nodos radices plurimos fibrosos emittens. Folia caulina 1½ pedalia, subcarnosa; petiolo laminam superante. Paniculæ terminales, 1-2 unc. longæ. Fructus glaberrimus, compressus, 6-nervis.
